Common Carder Bumblebee
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Bombus [Thoracombus] pascuorum
Common & widespread in Britain.
Flies from April-September.
The thorax of the common carder bee is either yellowish or reddish-brown in color.
The hair of the first four abdominal segments is gray, while the hair of the fifth and sixth terga is yellowish or reddish-brown.